Thats funny the PS3s Hard Drive is 5400rpm, it all depends on how much you have on your HDD and even though the TVs look the same model it could be slightly different would could also change the outcome.

i read this article saying, that in the ps3 update 3.o, when starting a game up, it wont say "playstation 3" anymore, you know? that spiderman font? that last video was only faster because on the slim, it didnt say playstation 3, im guessing the slim was already instealled with 3.0

Are you all kidding me?
Slim is only "a little bit" slower on boot up and running Bluray movies. Guess what this is propaly because of down downsetting the frequency on the core, to produce even less heat and noise and consuming even less power.

You have 2 videos of it being slower. Then you have 2 videos of it being faster. Yet the article is titled "PS3 Slim Slower Than PS3". I would say that it breaks even. Plus, certain load times don't necessarily make a difference. The only concern is if its slower during actual gameplay.

Despite the fact that the creator of the videos uses the same type of HDD in each PS3, we don't know if the older model has the specified game info and bluray info cached and thus happens to load faster sometimes.

Thats 100% incorrect right?
North America is large, so maybe you should specify a country (I have no idea what the canadian/mexican price is), but in the USA the Slim is $299, and the 80gig PS3 Phat is also $299

They are both the same speed! And even if they are not we have all got what we want a cheaper affordable ps3. Who cares if it's faster or slower, as long as we all have the opportunity to own one, or two in my case!

I read this article saying that in the new ps3 update, when starting a game um it will no longer say "playstation 3" as you can see in that last video, that video starting a game up, you can see in the ps3 slim it did not say "playstation 3" D:

You moron, the 54% statistic was from a magazine survey done by Game Informer. YOU NEED TO PHYSICALLY MAIL THE SURVEY to them. =P In general, people are too lazy to actually drop mail - especially postcard surveys - to the postal office if they don't actually have a problem. Disgruntled consumers are more likely to report a problem than people that never got any. IT WASN'T A CLICK & AWAY SURVEY you retard. GET YOUR FACTS STRAIGHT DOUCHE

gameinformer or not, all my friends that own a 360, died on them, and there on there like 3rd system..me, im still on my 1st ps3, no problems what so ever. and about the slim, who gives a shit if its like .4 seconds slower, its still not going to die out